19th-century Indian philosophers

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and to later inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā, first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)

Indian religious, social, and educational reformer, and humanitarian

Indian Muslim reformer and social activist (1817–1898)

Indian social reformer (1824-1883)

Indian politician (1883-1966)

Philosopher, academic, writer, translator, entrepreneur, social reformer and philanthropist (1820-1891)

Indian philosopher (1817–1905)

Indian spiritual leader and social reformer (1856–1928)

Indian Theosophist (1869-1958)

Indian academic (1838–1884)

Gaudīya Vaisnava Hindu guru and instructor (1874–1937)

Indian Islamic Scholar (1857–1914)

Jain poet, philosopher and scholar (1867-1901)

Indian poet, song composer, philosopher, mathematician, painter (1840–1926)

Shraddhanand (Sanskrit: श्रद्धानन्द) (22 February 1856 – 23 December 1926), born Munshi Ram, was an Indian independence activist and Arya Samaj sannyasi who propagated the teachings of Dayananda Saraswati. This included the establishment of educational institutions, like the Gurukul Kangri University, and played a key role on the Sangathan (consolidation and organization) and the Shuddhi (purification), a Hindu reform movement in the 1920s.

Indian Gujarati-language writer and philosopher (1858–1898)

Indian academic and scholar

Indian activist

Indian mathematician and philosopher (1873-1947)

Indian Sufi Master (1861–1925)

Indian philosopher

Indian writer

Indian writer, essayist and journalist (1820-1886)

Saradananda (23 December 1865 – 19 August 1927), also known as Swami Saradananda, was born as Sarat Chandra Chakravarty in 1865, and was one of the direct monastic disciples of Ramakrishna. He was the first Secretary of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, a post which he held until his death in 1927. He established the Udbodhan house in the Bagbazar area of Calcutta, which was built primarily for the stay of Sri Sarada Devi in Calcutta, from where he used to publish the Bengali magazine Udbodhan. There he wrote Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga in Bengali, on the life of Ramakrishna,

Indian philosopher (1872-1941)

Indian Academics, social reformer, philosopher, writer, translator, historian (1847–1919)

social reformer (1844–1898)

Jain scholar who represented Jainism at the first World Parliament of Religions in 1893

Philosopher, reformer (1840–1905)

Sharia judge

Bengali writer (1844-1910)

Islamic scholar

Hindu sage

Bengali scholar

Indian activist, spiritual leader (1816–1885)

religious philosopher (1856–1945)